One Republic closed IPW 2018 at Red Rocks, Denver

OneRepublic closed the IPW 2018 yesterday at Red Rocks Auditorium, Colorado. The Rolling Stone magazine calls it America’s best amphitheater. The five-member rock group has sold out venues around the world with hits like “Counting Stars,” “Secrets” and “Stop and Stare.”
A product of the MySpace generation, OneRepublic shot to fame in 2007 with the release of their chart topping single, Apologize, which found its audience largely thanks to the popular music and social networking site.

More than 6,000 attendees from over 70 countries gathered in Denver for this year's IPW—the travel industry's premier international marketplace and the largest generator of travel to the U.S.

IPW gathers travel professionals—including U.S. destinations, hotels, attractions, sports teams and transportation companies, and international tour operators, buyers and wholesalers from around the world—to meet in one place to help bring the world to America.

At this year's IPW, there were 100,000 prescheduled business meetings between suppliers and buyers, which will result in $4.7 billion in future international travel to the U.S.

Additionally, more than 500 members of the media attended IPW. These reporters covered the event itself, and also met with businesses and destinations to generate stories encouraging travel to the U.S.

Based on econometric analyses of past IPWs conducted by Rockport Analytics, hosting IPW could help attract more than 700,000 new international visitors to the Denver area over the next three years, generating more than $1.5 billion in local economic impact.

This year's IPW was one of special significance: the 50th anniversary of the event.